Attendance Policy during SEC 590 Candidates may not miss more than 3 days of classroom experience during student teaching. If candidates need to miss more than three days due to illness or family emergencies, then additional days equivalent to the days missed will be added to the student teaching term.
Reflective Journal : This continues in Student Teaching. The purpose of maintaining a reflective journal is to provide an important record of candidate growth and to give the supervisor a greater understanding of what the candidate is experiencing. The supervisor will discuss his/her expectations regarding content and format of the journal. Journal prompts are often provided by supervisors. 2. Daily Planning : As a beginning teacher, development and competency in lesson planning is essential for teaching effectiveness and meeting goals. Teachers build lessons around relevant student experiences to encourage optimum student achievement and engagement, to support student independent thinking, and to develop student interest and love of learning. Please keep the following in mind: The university requires that candidates generate a formal lesson plan for every lesson taught (excluding some brief, daily routine activities). This starts with the very first lesson. The specifics of lesson planning should be discussed with the supervisor and mentor teacher. The required lesson plan format is provided in D2L. The mentor teacher must review each plan and give feedback before and after the lesson. It is helpful if the feedback is written notes and not simply verbal. Student teachers are required to give supervisors a copy of the lesson plan for every lesson that is observed. Many supervisors request plans one or two days in advance of the scheduled observation in order to provide feedback. During observation visits, supervisors will ask to review plans for all the lessons that have been planned and implemented, so the student teacher should collect and organize them in a way so they can be easily retrieved. 3. Competency Appraisal: In Student Teaching, the Competency Appraisal is filled out once at midterm and again before the final meeting between the student teacher, mentor teacher, and university supervisor. Each time there is a school-based evaluation conference in which the candidate’s progress is discussed. The midterm Competency Appraisal may be used to set goals for the remainder of the Student Teaching experience. Competency Appraisals are completed in SONIA. Student Teaching – Supervision Modifications for practice during the COVID pandemic are appropriate and will be negotiated by the mentor teacher, the university supervisor, and the practicum candidate. 1. Two formal observations: These are similar to those that took place during the Practicum II experience. Student teachers need to present a copy of their lesson plan to the supervisor before each observed lesson. A pre-conference typically allows for discussion of areas where the student teacher would like feedback and what the supervisor should know about the lesson. There may also be a discussion of other areas: management, teaching, assessment, etc.
SEC Practicum/ST Handbook 2025-2026
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